Coyotes’ Doan Worth Every Penny of New $21.2 Million Deal

December 4th, 2012 by Michael Jenkins Leave a reply »
When the Phoenix Coyotes re-signed Shane Doan to a four-year, $21.2 million deal in the offseason, some bristled at the number of dollars that the franchise would pay to a forward who has never posted a season with more than 80 points and has scored less than 60 points over the past three years.

If you are looking at just numbers, Shane Doan's contract is interesting—it's a descending yearly contract in pay. The highest salary per year will be paid in 2012-13 ($6.05 million) and the lowest will be paid at the end of his contract in 2015-16 ($4.55 million).

If Phoenix is willing to pay Doan $6 million a year, now they're into an area that requires some return on their investment. Ryan Getzlaf (Anaheim), Jeff Carter (Los Angeles) and Shawn Horcoff (Edmonton) are all players who were paid around $6 million a season last year. Getzlaf collected 57 points last season, while Carter and Horcoff amassed 34 points apiece. The Coyotes gambled that Doan could duplicate his average of 55 points a season over the last three seasons.

If so, they made a wise financial ...

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